Hey good lookin'. Long time no see.
After graduation I spent most of the summer job hunting. At the end of July I began a research position (one-year contract) in Edmonton working on improving walking in people living with Parkinson's Disease. Here is a VIDEO (made by the original pilot program in Calgary) that will give you a general overview of what we're doing. There are four different sites in Canada and multiple sites around the world working with this technology and contributing to a central database. Each Canadian site has a different focus - ours is cognition. Our participants go through a thorough clinical and cognitive assessment before, during, and after their participation in the program. So far the results have been really positive!
Concurrently, I've been working on an application to the U of A's Master of Public Health in Health Promotion degree program. Applications are due January 15th and I have everything ready to go - just waiting on one of my professors to submit a reference. The program is extremely competitive. Last year 800 applicants applied for 80 spots and the competitive GPA for successful applicants was 3.8.
Edmonton has been really good to me so far. Still though, I'm itching to visit my best friend in St. Maarten and my brother in Taiwan.
Soon...
- JB
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Friday 31 January 2014
January 2013: T-Minus 3...
Hello All,
I am already a month into my final semester... only 3 more to go until I have a degree to my name. All that stands between me and that fancy piece of paper are the following 5 courses:
1) Drama - Exploring Creativity
2) Music - Music in Recital
3) Music - History of Jazz
4) French - Advanced Language I
5) Kinesiology - Physical Activity and Health
If a four year degree program ends up taking five years to complete, the fifth year is cheekily referred to as a "victory lap". Usually a victory lap is like any other year in course load and difficulty. I however, have finished my core degree requirements and now need only to acquire more credits to graduate. As such, I wound up with an entire semester of interesting electives mostly outside of my major. I am very thankful that I don't have any core courses left. Maintaining motivation near graduation is one thing. Maintaining motivation near graduation in a victory lap year almost deserves another degree.
Things I have going for me:
- The new roommate isn't crazy! Yay!
- My first three classes all have reputations as interesting and GPA boosting
- I scored awesome groups for my huge French and Kinesiology term projects
Things I have going against me:
- I'm struggling to focus on the here-and-now knowing that the post-graduation transition phase is looming
- Everything I own is on the verge of breaking down (i.e., computer, car, sanity) but must last until May
- Poor-weather and classroom induced cabin fever
Wish me luck! If all goes well and my life gets more interesting after graduation, I will have reasons to blog regularly again.
Cheers,
Jacqueline
I am already a month into my final semester... only 3 more to go until I have a degree to my name. All that stands between me and that fancy piece of paper are the following 5 courses:
1) Drama - Exploring Creativity
2) Music - Music in Recital
3) Music - History of Jazz
4) French - Advanced Language I
5) Kinesiology - Physical Activity and Health
If a four year degree program ends up taking five years to complete, the fifth year is cheekily referred to as a "victory lap". Usually a victory lap is like any other year in course load and difficulty. I however, have finished my core degree requirements and now need only to acquire more credits to graduate. As such, I wound up with an entire semester of interesting electives mostly outside of my major. I am very thankful that I don't have any core courses left. Maintaining motivation near graduation is one thing. Maintaining motivation near graduation in a victory lap year almost deserves another degree.
Things I have going for me:
- The new roommate isn't crazy! Yay!
- My first three classes all have reputations as interesting and GPA boosting
- I scored awesome groups for my huge French and Kinesiology term projects
Things I have going against me:
- I'm struggling to focus on the here-and-now knowing that the post-graduation transition phase is looming
- Everything I own is on the verge of breaking down (i.e., computer, car, sanity) but must last until May
- Poor-weather and classroom induced cabin fever
Wish me luck! If all goes well and my life gets more interesting after graduation, I will have reasons to blog regularly again.
Cheers,
Jacqueline
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